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Oceania Cruises have announced that due to repeated strike action at the Italian shipyard of Fincantieri there new cruise ship the Riviera would be delayed by around three weeks.

Prestige Cruise Holdings, the parent company of both Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, have announced that with immediate effect all of their ships will hold passenger muster drills on the day of departure and preferably before the ships sails.

Cunard Line have organised a unique event on 5 June 2012 to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

In a surprise statement released on Friday, P&O Cruises have announced the Cancellation of their flagships maiden world cruise starting next January.

In response to the Costa Concordia incident and as part of the industry's continuous efforts to review and improve safety measures, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), speaking on behalf of the global cruise lines industry, today announced the launch of a cruise industry operational safety review.

The wreck of the Costa Concordia still lies on the ledge or rocks next to the Island of Giglio where she sank two weeks ago this Friday.

It is with great sadness that all the team at Ferry Publications report on the sinking of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia resulting in the loss of life. Belonging to Europe’s largest cruise company, Costa Cruises, the 6 year old,114,500 tonne ship with 4234 passengers and crew on board had just begun a seven night cruise from the Italian port of Civitavecchia with scheduled calls at Savona, Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Cagliari and Palermo.

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On Sunday 8th January 2012 the latest ship for Disney Cruises, the Disney Fantasy undocked from the giant indoor building hall of the German shipyard of Meyer Werft.

The two new Princess Cruises’ ships currently being built at Fincantieri in Italy will each have four Wartsila F series marine diesel engines capable of producing around 52 Mega Watts of power.

P&O Cruises 16 year old ship the Oriana returned to Southampton on the 19th of December after the completion of a £25 million refit in which she was converted to an exclusively for adults ship.

P&O Cruises have had to cancel the latest 10 night cruise of their smallest ship the Adonia after she suffered from engineering problems whilst on her Christmas and New Year cruise in the Mediterranean.

Norwegian Cruise Line’s new 4,000 passenger ship, the Norwegian Breakaway, will be based all year round in the city of New York replacing the 93,000 tonne Norwegian Gem.

Your cruise news writer was invited by Carnival to spend the day in the German shipyard of Blohm and Voss on Tuesday 29th November to see the refurbishment work being carried out on the Oriana for P&O Cruises and the Queen Mary 2 for Cunard Line.

At the start of December 2011, there were 20 cruise ships on the order books of the four big European shipyards, including options and memoranda of agreement for deliveries up to 2016.

For the fifth year in a row, Princess Cruises ships are expecting snow flurries to set the stage for a wonderful Christmas season at sea.

Adolfo Perez, a 29-year veteran of Carnival Cruise Lines, has been named managing director for Carnival UK.

Fred. Olsen’s Black Watch has been overhauled for the start of her winter season at Lloyd Werft.

Savona will be the venue for the naming ceremony of the new flagship Costa Fascinosa, currently being built at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard.